The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 10
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on
Mount Gilboa.
2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the
Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and
Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 The battle went hard against Saul, and
the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer,
“Draw your sword, and thrust me through
with it, lest these uncircumcised come and
abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for
he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his
sword and fell on it.
5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul
was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and
died.
6 So Saul died with his three sons; and all
his house died together.
7 When all the men of Israel who were in
the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul
and his sons were dead, they abandoned
their cities, and fled; and the Philistines
came and lived in them.
8 On the next day, when the Philistines
came to strip the slain, they found Saul and
his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 They stripped him and took his head
and his armor, then sent into the land of
the Philistines all around to carry the news
to their idols and to the people.
10 They put his armor in the house of
their gods, and fastened his head in the
house of Dagon.
11 When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that
the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all the valiant men arose and took
away the body of Saul and the bodies
of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,
and buried their bones under the oak in
Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his trespass which
he committed against Yahweh, because of
Yahweh’s word, which he didn’t keep, and
also because he asked counsel of one who
had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
14 and didn’t inquire of Yahweh. Thereforehe killedhim, and turned the kingdom
over to David the son of Jesse.